In 2014 John Scalzi released Lock In: A Novel of the Near Future in which a virus has swept across the world. For many who get sick, the worst they experience are flu-like symptoms. Others are deeply affected by what becomes to be called Hadens syndrome. They are fully awake and aware but they are unable to move their bodies or respond to stimulus, and are referred to as being “locked in”. About one percent of the population is affected, nearly 500 million people in the United […]
Read out of order, stood on its own
When I picked this up to read I was confident I had read Ms. Marvel Vol. 3. Oops, I was wrong about that, darn fickle memory. Even though I was missing 4 issues of backstory, this collection was self contained and gave enough information through dialog that I got on just fine. Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel continues to be my other new favorite superhero (right alongside Squirrel Girl). While other supers are associated with more glamorous cities, Ms. Marvel is the protector of Jersey […]
I wish I had the boundless optimism of Squirrel Girl
The collaboration between writer, Ryan North, and artist, Erica Henderson, has created the current incarnation of Squirrel Girl, a favorite superhero in our household. Doreen Green, a.k.a. Squirrel Girl, is a second year computer science student and a superhero (with powers of a Girl and the powers of a Squirrel) who has teamed with the Avengers. With her cheerful demeanor, boundless optimism, and determination to talk things out with villains, she also is the perfect antidote to grim dark superheros. In the third volume of […]
I wouldn’t describe it as “historical fiction with a twist of lime”
When I set out to read this book I didn’t know it would qualify for the “And So It Begins” square on the CBR10 bingo card. Happily for me that is a box now checked off, as this is book one in The Tales of Valdur series. The header of The Guns of Ivrea page on Clifford Beal’s site says, “Historical Fiction with a Twist of Lime”. Historical fiction implies to me that you are taking historical people and events and writing your own interpretation of said events. […]
I told you once, I told you twice, all seasons of the year are nice for eating chicken soup with rice!
Maurice Sendak is perhaps most famous for Where the Wild Things Are but he wrote many other books as well. Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months is a book from my childhood. I don’t have any specific memories of it being read to me but I remember it being about while growing up. When my first daughter was born my Mom passed our tiny, battered, dog chewed copy on to me. As soon as I opened the cover, the sing song nature of the book and […]
It’s not you, it’s me, and I’ve been horribly distracted to fully absorb this book
I think there is a better book in here than the one I read. My kids are out of school, everyone’s schedule is out of whack, and we’ve had a flood, all of which has led to distracted reading (often when I’m super tired). It took me longer to catch on to some twists than I suspect it ordinarily would have. I expected things to come together in a certain way and then they didn’t, which isn’t a bad thing, but left me not feeling […]
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